Overview

• The Verkhovna Rada confirmed 39-year-old Yulia Svyrydenko as prime minister and approved a cabinet that retains key ministers while promoting emerging leaders.
• President Zelensky set a target to raise the share of domestically produced weapons from 40 percent to 50 percent within six months of the cabinet’s inauguration.
• Olha Stefanishina was nominated as Ukraine’s next ambassador to the United States to deepen strategic cooperation after finalizing mineral resource talks.
• Dmytro Fedurov, 34, was elevated from deputy prime minister to first deputy prime minister as part of the generational renewal drive.
• Strategic Industries Minister Oleksandr Smetanin is slated to head the state military-industrial enterprise, aligning industrial oversight with defense goals.